St. Ignatius of Antioch, a disciple and contemporary of the Apostle St. John, wrote (around 110 A.D.) concerning certain heretics: "They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer, because they do not confess that the EUCHARIST IS THE FLESH OF OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, Flesh which suffered for our sins and which the Father, in His goodness, raised up again."
In another letterST. IGNATIUS writes, "I desire the Bread of God, which is the FLESH of JESUS CHRIST...and for drink I desire HIS BLOOD, …[More]
